Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor (KDR/flk-1) mRNA in experimental choroidal neovascularization

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-213

  Wada, Mitsumasa ^a   Ogata, Nahoko ^a   Otsuji, Tsuyoshi ^a   Uyama, Masanobu ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularization; In situ hybridization; Kinase insert domain containing receptor (KDR); Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KRYPTON LASER; LASER COAGULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PROBE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TIME;

EID: 0032961301     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.3.203.5368     Document Type: Article

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